Welcome!
My recommedation is that if you are pressed for time, go the safe way. It is not a good idea to try to do something new in a rush. I would do a stitch in the ditch and bind it. It is just sewing a straight line, and you know how to do that and that your machine will handle it well. when you have no pressure, then venture with new techniques like stippling. It takes a while and a lot of preactice to master those. If your machine has fancy stitches built in you can use those too instead of straight lines to add interest to the quilt without adding pressure to yourself.
Maria